Tag Archives: suffering

MAiD & a Directive to Protect your Future Self

July 26, 2018 · by · in Death & Assisted Dying, Law & Policy, Mental Health

Letitia Meynell considers a critique of advance directives for medical assistance in dying and suggests that the wishes of capable persons for their future incapable selves should be respected.

An Animal Bioethicist in Seattle

September 7, 2017 · by · in Environmental Ethics, Health Research, Research Ethics

Andrew Fenton voices concerns about invisible unnecessary harm to non-human animals and a cost of ethical inconsistency.

The Limits of Choice: Abortion and Assisted Dying

June 30, 2017 · by · in Death & Assisted Dying, Law & Policy, Reproduction

Michelle Oberman compares abortion and assisted dying and argues that focusing on the ‘right to choose’ risks ignoring the social and economic factors that shape and constrain our choices.